List of members of the seventeenth Knesset

The following is a list of the members of the seventeenth Knesset, elected on 28 March 2006 and inaugurated 4 May 2006, and their replacements.

Knesset members NamePartyPositionEhud OlmertKadimaPrime MinisterTzipi LivniActing Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign AffairsMeir SheetritMinister of the InteriorAvi DichterMinister of Internal SecurityMarina SolodkinHaim RamonVice Prime Minister, Minister in the Prime Minister's OfficeShaul MofazDeputy Prime Minister, Minister of TransportationTzachi HanegbiChairman, Security and Foreign Affairs CommitteeAvraham HirschsonGideon EzraMinister of Environmental AffairsRoni Bar-OnMinister of FinanceDalia ItzikSpeaker of the KnessetZe'ev BoimMinister of Housing and ConstructionYaakov EdriMinister of Negev and Galilee DevelopmentZe'ev ElkinMajalli WahabiDeputy Speaker of the KenessetRuhama AvrahamMinister without Portfolio responsible for Knesset liaison, Minister of TourismMenachem Ben-SassonChairman, Committee on Law and ConstitutionEli AflaloMinister of Immigrant AbsorptionDavid TalChairman, House CommitteeRonit TiroshOtniel SchnellerDeputy Speaker of KnessetMichael NudelmanChairman, Committee on Immigration, Absorption and the DiasporaAmira DotanYoel HassonShai HermeshIsaac Ben-IsraelYohanan PlesnerShlomo MollaAmir PeretzLabor-MeimadIsaac HerzogMinister of WelfareOphir Pines-PazChairman, Committee on Interior Affairs and the EnvironmentAvishay BravermanChairman, Finance CommitteeYuli TamirMinister of EducationAmi AyalonMinister without PortfolioEitan CabelBinyamin Ben-EliezerMinister of National InfrastructureShelly YachimovichMichael MelchiorChairman, Committee on Education, Culture and SportsMatan VilnaiDeputy Minister of DefenseColette AvitalDeputy Speaker of KnessetNadia HilouChairwoman, Committee on the Rights of the ChildShalom SimhonMinister of AgricultureOrit NokedYoram MarcianoRaleb MajadeleMinister of Science, Culture and SportsShakhiv Shana'anLeon LitinetskyEli YishaiShasDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Commerce and EmploymentYitzhak CohenMinister without PortfolioAmnon CohenDeputy Speaker of KnessetMeshulam NahariMinister without PortfolioAriel AtiasMinister of CommunicationsDavid AzulaiYitzhak VakninNissim Ze'evYa'akov MargiEmil AmsalemAvraham MichaeliMazor BahainaRafi EitanGilMinister of Retiree AffairsYaakov Ben-YezriMinister of HealthYitzhak GalantiChairman, Committee on Labor, Welfare and HealthYitzhak ZivDeputy Speaker of KnessetMoshe SharoniSara MaromElhanan GlazerLeft party to establish The Right WayBenjamin NetanyahuLikudChairman of the OppositionSilvan ShalomMoshe KahlonGilad ErdanGideon Sa'arMichael EitanChairman, State Control CommitteeReuven RivlinYuval SteinitzLimor LivnatYisrael KatzHaim KatzYuli-Yoel EdelsteinDeputy Speaker of KnessetAvigdor LibermanYisrael BeiteinuIsrael HassonChairman, Economy CommitteeYosef ShagalEsterina TartmanStas MisezhnikovSofa LandverChairwoman, Public Petitions CommitteeYitzhak AharonovichRobert IlatovAlex MillerLia ShemtovChairwoman, Committee on Advancing the Status of WomenDavid RotemDeputy Speaker of KnessetBinyamin ElonNational Union-NRPZevulun OrlevChairman, Committee on Science and TechnologyZvi HendelEffi EitamNissan SlomianskyYitzhak LeviDeputy Speaker of KnessetEliyahu GabaiAryeh EldadUri ArielYaakov LitzmanUnited Torah JudaismMeir PorushMoshe GafniShmuel HalpertUri MaklevYehoshua Menachem PollackHaim OronMeretz-YachadChairman, Ethics CommitteeRan CohenZehava Gal-OnAvshalom VilanTzvia GreenfieldIbrahim SarsurUnited Arab ListAhmad TibiTaleb el-SanaAbbas ZakourMohammad BarakehHadashDeputy Speaker of KnessetHana SweidDov KheninJamal ZahalkaBaladWasil TahaSaid Nafa

Replacements NamePartyReplaced byRemarksUriel ReichmanKadimaShai HermeshResigned on 20 April 2006 after the role of Minister of Education, promised to him by Ariel Sharon, was given to Labor.LikudHaim KatzSharansky retired from politics and left the Knesset on 20 November 2006.Yuri SternDavid RotemStern died of cancer on 16 January 2007.Dan NavehLikudYuli-Yoel EdelsteinNaveh resigned to go into business on 27 February 2007.Azmi BisharaBaladSaid NafaBishara resigned from the Knesset on 22 April 2007 due to a police investigation into his activities during the 2006 Lebanon War.Shimon PeresKadimaIsaac Ben-IsraelPeres resigned from the Knesset following his election as president on 13 June 2007.Shlomo BreznitzYohanan PlesnerBreznitz retired from politics and left the Knesset on 8 October 2007.Avigdor YitzhakiShlomo MollaYitzhaki resigned from the Knesset on 7 February 2008 due to "serious doubts over Ehud Olmert's ability to lead the government in the wake of the Winograd Report".Knesset to swear in 2nd Ethiopian MK Jerusalem Post, 8 February 2008Shlomo BenizriShasMazor BahainaBenizri resigned from the Knesset on 27 April 2008 after being convicted of bribery.Efraim SnehLaborShakhiv Shana'anSneh resigned from the Knesset on 28 May 2008 as he left Labor to found his own party.Danny YatomLeon LitinetskyYatom resigned from the Knesset on 30 June 2008 due to a lack of confidence in the government.Ya'akov CohenUnited Torah JudaismUri MaklevCohen resigned from the Knesset due to a rotation agreement.Yossi BeilinMeretz-YachadTzvia GreenfieldBeilin retired from politics and left the Knesset on 4 November 2008.Avraham RavitzRavitz died on 26 January 2009.

See also List of Likud Knesset members Arab members of the Knesset

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External links All past and present members Knesset website